Lies of P’s upcoming DLC, Overture, will introduce issue choices for the very first time.
As a “Soulslike” sport, Lies of P may be punishingly troublesome, particularly for inexperienced gamers maybe attracted by Lies of P’s darkish story and setting. Director Jiwon Choi stated at the time, nonetheless, the staff didn’t think Soulslike games should have difficulty options and it shipped with none.
Now it appears Neowitz has modified its thoughts, and confirmed the change was knowledgeable after the studio listened rigorously to suggestions from gamers.
“We needed to make certain a wider viewers of gamers may play the sport,” Choi informed VGC. “We now have a lot of suggestions from prospects, and from our builders. So by making growth changes and introducing these issue choices, we are able to provide the expertise to differing kinds of gamers. This broadens the base.”
Gamers are actually debating why the sport’s director “change[d] his thoughts,” with one writing: “I’d think about it is a lot simpler to say that you don’t need to change the issue than to be inundated with adverse opinions over it and have it always be introduced up throughout discussions of your sport and never have any urge to change it so a broader viewers can take pleasure in what you made.”
“I acquired into gaming round the age of 24. I am utilizing the simpler issue settings as a result of, as a lot as I really like Lies of P, I’ve a main talent situation, and that is okay,” explained one other. “I simply thought it might be good listening to why somebody would moderately need the issue settings. I by no means acquired to personal any techniques after I was a child, so now I can as a working grownup who does not have 10+ years of abilities.”
“Souls elitists don’t need issue as a result of they like bragging about their online game achievements. I am glad Lies of P is just not servicing them,” added this participant.
Not everybody’s impressed, although, as the Steam dialogue boards and social media attests.
“Was involved in taking part in, however in spite of everything the nerfs and including issue ranges, I misplaced curiosity. Recreation devs, please cease catering to infants,” wrote this participant on the dialogue boards, though virtually of the replies to that thread help the developer’s new place.
One other wrote: “You had a masterpiece on your palms Neowitz, and also you turned it into laughing inventory. For disgrace.” A unique thread entitled “Difficulty settings = Not playing” is immediately above one other from somebody who’s really tried the sport and wrote: “difficulty is just ridiculous.”
Lies of P is a distinctive, darker twist on the traditional story of Pinocchio, providing a difficult motion sport with a distinctive “lie” system the place what you do and say dynamically impacts gameplay. The upcoming new DLC — which options new places, new enemies and executives, new characters, and new weapons — additionally introduces Loss of life March, a new mode that allows you to face off in opposition to the sport’s myriad of bosses once more. In all, the DLC will take skilled gamers roughly 15-20 hours to full, and can unlock as soon as they’ve handed a “sure” chapter of the sport. Neowiz has additionally already introduced a full-blown sequel to Lies of P.
We had a good time with Lies of P, awarding it 8/10, writing: “Lies of P won’t department out significantly removed from its soulslike inspiration, nevertheless it performs the half extraordinarily nicely.”
Vikki Blake is a reporter, critic, columnist, and marketing consultant. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.